Sev Ozdowski

Seweryn Antoni "Sev" Ozdowski (born 24 June 1949, in Poland) is an Australian human rights advocate and social researcher, former senior civil servant and Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner for the Australian government from 2000 to 2005. Ozdowski is known for his defence of human rights of refugees, especially child asylum seekers detained in Australia and people with disabilities and mental illness as well as for his contribution to multicultural policies in Australia.

Born in Poland, Ozdowski graduated with a Master of Laws (LLM) in 1971 and Master of Arts (MA) in Sociology in 1973 from Poznań University, Poland and with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales in 1980. In 1984 he was awarded the Harkness Fellowship for post-graduate work at Harvard, Georgetown and Berkeley Universities in USA (1984–86). Provided by Wikipedia